Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Arrernte ceremony, Alice Springs, Central Australia, 1901.

Physical Description

Glass plate. Silver gelatin emulsion. Half plate.

Primary Comments

Original glass plate sleeve (handwritten annotation): "Sun ceremony. Arunta." Original print (handwritten annotation): "Quabara Unjeamba Ocherka of Urpala"

Rights: Museum Victoria

Photograph Details

Restriction
Ceremonial
Date Made
05/05/1901
Creator
Date Collected
05/05/1901

Subjects

Language Groups
Totems
Places

Institution

Institution
Museum Victoria
Registration
XP8814

Classification

Primary Subject
Ceremony, People
Secondary Subject
Totem , Men